1. نَفَحات الوردِ قدِ انتَشَرَت

    فأَفاحت طيبَ شذاً عَطرِ

    The fragrant breaths of roses have already spread,

    and so they wafted the sweetness of a fragrant scent,

  2. من نظمِ فتاةِ قد بَرَعت

    وسمت في البدو وفي الحَضَرِ

    from the verse of a maiden who has excelled

    and risen high among nomads and townsfolk.

  3. خنسآءُ العصرِ فريدتهُ

    بل وردةُ أَزهُرِهِ النُّضُرِ

    The age's al-Khansa, its peerless woman—

    nay, Warda, the rose among its fresh blossoms.

  4. فاقت في النظمِ مُؤَرَّخةً

    وبهِ حاكت نظمَ الدُّررِ

    She excelled in verse, commemorated in a chronogram,

    and with it she rivaled the stringing of pearls.